The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for March.   Read about a new species of lichen, Plant of the Month Jovellana repens, why type specimens need to be consulted and details of the type locality for Thelymitra longifolia and Microtis unifolia. File size 752KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for February.   Read about a new liverwort for Wellington, Plant of the Month Liparophyllum gunnii, Taurepo in the South Island and a post conference summary (2019 ASBS-NZPCN Joint Conference), along with notices of upcoming events. File size 464KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for January.   Read about coastal turf communites in South Wairarapa, gelatinous "blobs" in New Zealand forests, a lizard garden near Paekakariki, a record-breaking gully fern and an upcoming book highlighting some of New Zealand's "Remarkable Plants", along with notices of upcoming events. File size 644KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for December.  Results of the Favourite Plant of the Year vote, Plant of the Month Triglochin striata, The type locality - Corybas rivularis, plus conference feedback and notices of upcoming events. File size 649KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for November.  Final updates on the 2019 ASBS-NZPCN conference, including details of public events, Plant of the Month Caladenia atradenia, updated information on the 2019 Favourite Plant vote, plus notices, discount offer and upcoming events. File size 941KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for October.   Final updates on the 2019 ASBS-NZPCN conference, Plant of the Month Lepidium flexicaule, articles on Chrysothrix species in New Zealand and the enigma of Coprosma solandri, information on the 2019 Favourite Plant vote, Maurice White obituary, conference charity auction update, plus other notices, discount offer and upcoming events. File size 1.72MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for September.   Latest news regarding the 2019 ASBS-NZPCN conference, articles on two separate threatened Chatham Island species, upcoming events plus a special offer for NZPCN members. File size 1.22MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for August.   Latest 2019 ASBS-NZPCN conference updates, Plant of the month Metrosideros albiflora, book review - The Forest for the Trees - A systematic approcah to restoring plant communities, conference charity auction update plus upcoming events. File size 6.15MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2019. 2019 ASBS-NZPCN conference updates, Plant of the month Chionochloa australis, Regional and District Plans, nomenclature and Kunzea, plus more articles and notices of events. File size 386KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2019.  2019 ASBS-NZPCN conference details and updates, Plant of the month Rubus parvus, New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) website database, A queston of rank for New Zealand Trithuria, plus more articles and notices of events.  File size 660KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2019.  Plant of the month Carex carsei, ASBS-NZPCN conference information, the fossil flora of Foulden Maar and more.  File size 420KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for April 2019.  Plant of the Month Ewartiothamnus sinclairii,  native orchids of Lake Ohia Scientific Reserve, 2019 ASBS - NZPCN Conference registrations open and updates, Conference charity auction - call for items and more.  File size 493KB

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for March 2019.  Plant of the Month Melicytus micranthus, orchids relying on fungi to assist with germination, Matt Ward reflects on an afternoon with John Dawson,  2019 ASBS - NZPCN Conference update, Conference charity auction - call for items and more.  File size 370KB

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for February 2019. Plant of the month: Euphrasia cockayneana; Hebe armstrongii recrutment; ANPC 2018 Conference report; Kauri Dieback disease consulatation; Seed Science Forum 2020 Survey; 2019 Network conference.  File size: 470KB. 

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for January 2019. Plant of the month: Stylidium subulatum; Obituary - Dr Elizabeth Edgar; New species of Cardamine; 2019 Network conference, second notice; Lucy Cranwell Grant notice.  File size: 630KB. 

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for December 2018. Plant of the month: Elaeocarpus dentatus; New threat assessment for New Zeland's lichens; Results of New Zealand favourite plant vote; 2019 Network conference, first notice. File size: 502KB. 

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for November 2018. Plant of the month: Schizaea dichotoma; President's report to the AGM; Network 2018 awards; Favourite plant vote progress; Financial report for the 2017-18 year. File size: 1MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for October 2018. Plant of the month: Alseuosmia macrophylla; AGM notice; Abstract of AGM talk; Favourite New Zealand plant vote. File size 356KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for September 2018. Plant of the month: Manoao colensoi; Allan Mere award; Chrysothrix specimens wanted for study; Request from the Curator of the New Zealand collection, Melbourne Botanic Gardens; Network awards, final call; More on New Zealand plants overseas. File size: 643 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for August 2018. Plant of the month: Astelia nivicola var. moriceae; NZIFSB report; Conserving seeds to fight plant extinction; New Zealand flora overseas; Nga Uruora back in print; NZPCN annual award nominations called for; Auckland council call for grants; Expressions of interest in Network contract called for. File size: 622KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2018. Plant of the month: Carmichaelia juncea; Kauri dieback research; Nomination call for Network annual awards; Myrtle rust response in Australia; Global Strategy for Plant Conservation survey; Whanganui Museum Botanical Group golden anniversary; Call for Auckland City nature heritage grants. File size: 589KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2018. Plant of the month: Pachycladon crenatum; Latest threat status review; Collecting Myrtaceae seed on Great Barrier Is; A name change for Oxybasis; Kauri dieback consultation; A new species of Pittosporum from the Poor Knights; Whanganui Museum Botanical Group golden anniversary. File size: 880KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2018. Plant of the month: Kunzea tenuicaulis; Farmer sued for destroying plants; 2018 Leonard Cockayne lecture; A stroll to Cape Brett; Unitec herbarium; Book review of New Zealand Lichens. File size: 814KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for April 2018. Plant of the month: Townsonia deflexa; A revision of the Sticta filix group of lichens; A botanical art exhibition at Auckland Botanical Garden. File size: 357KB. 

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for March 2018. Plant of the month: Celmisia glandulosa var. latifolia; Pollination studies on Bartlett's rata. File size: 326KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for February 2018. Plant of the month: Veronica pimeleoides; Pine regeneration project; Lawrie Metcalf herbarium; NZIFSB monthly report. File size: 445KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for January 2018. Plant of the month: Haastia pulvinaris; results of Favourite Plant and Worst Weed poll; obituary for WR Sykes; FAQs about kauri dieback. File size: 653 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for December 2017. Plant of the month: Veronica hookri; Conference field trips 3 and 5; NZIFSB monthly report. File size: 633KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for November 2017. Plant of the month: Asplenium lepidotum; President's report to the AGM; NZPCN Award winners 2017; Lucid key for Epacris; Cook Islands bryophyte survey; Lucy Cranwell scholarship call for applications. File size: 872KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for October 2017. Plant of the month: Pachyclodon walli; Lawrie Metcalf obituary; David Given schlarship - applications called for; NZIFSB monthly report; Ecosourcing misgivings and misconceptions; Vodafone announcement - action needed; Lucy Cranwell student grant applications called for. File size: 627KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for September 2017. Plant of the month: Parablechnum procerum; Tribute to Michael Greenwood; New lichen from the Chatham Islands; Greening the Canterbury Plains; NZISB monthly report; Call for aplications for the David Given Memorial scholarship; Call for applications for 2017 WWF-NZ conservation awards. File size: 686 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for August 2017. Plant of the month: Pteridium esculentum; Conference reminder; Network annual awards; Helping revise the XIX International Code for Algae, Fungi and Plants; NZIFSB monthly report. File size 437KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2017. Plant of the month: Anogramma leptophylla; NZIFSB monthly report; Conference programme and registration; NZPCN annual awards; PhD scholarship; MSc opportuity. File size: 408KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2017. Plant of the month: Pterostylis alobula; Peter de Lange awarded Loder Cup; Wildng pines in Taupo; NZIFSB monthly report; NZPCN Annual awards. File Size: 310KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2017. Plant of the month: Ranunculus viridis; Myrtle rust confirmed on mainland New Zealand; International award in plant sciences; Saving an extremely rare plant; Ranunculus survey on Tin Range; NZIFSB monthly report; Biennial conference update; Botanical expedition invitation; Alpine plant survey; Rare plant sighting. File size: 630KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for April 2017. Plant of the month: Carex filamentosa; Myrtle rust confirmed on Raoul Is; News from Wairarapa; NZIFSB monthly report; Australasian Plant Conservation - call for articles. File size: 404KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for March 2017. Plant of the month: Epilobium matthewsii; NZFISB monthly report; Botanical art exhibition; NZPCN snail mail address update; Request for Epacris images; Florae Insularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor by Allan Cunnigham now available. File size: 317KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for February 2017. Plant of the month, Ranunculus scrithalis; Obituary for Barbara Mitcalfe; NZIFSB monthly report; Land tenure reviews; Chritchurch Port Hills fire; Coastal restoration Trust national conference. File size: 308KB

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for January 2017. President's message; Correction to Trilepidea 157; NZPCN Strategy 2016-2020; Plant of the month, Bulbinella talbotii; NZIFSB monthly report; NZPCN biennial conference and John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2017. File size: 274KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for December 2016. President's message; Council members' bios; Plant of the month: Wahlenbergia congesta; Favourite Plant, Worst Weed poll results; Sonchus kirkii, puha; Network member wins restoration award; Report on myrtle rust workshop; NZIFSB monthy report; New Zealand tree project; Network biennial conference announcement; Postgraduate scholarship. File size: 1.2 MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for November 2016. President's message: NZPCN Awards 2016; Plant of the month: Zotovia acicularis; NZIFSB monthly report; Favourite Plant and Worst Weed vote, progress report; Lucy Cranwell sholarship call for applications; Florae Insularum notice. File size: 686 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for October 2016. President's report to the AGM; Plant of the month, Abrotanella caespitosa; Favourite Plant and Worst Weed vote announcement; Information request on rata flowering; Lucy Cranwell student grant: call for applications; NZIFSB monthly report; What is Corybas trilobus?; Does Rapid 'Ohi'a Death pose a risk to New Zealand Metrosideros?; Pre-publication book offer. File size: 1MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for September 2016. AGM notice; NZIFSB monthly report; Plant of the month, Microsorum scandens; NZIFSB Alexandra workshop; Lucy Cranwell student grant: call for applications; Conservation week activity; New species recently described; Botanic Gardens Conservation International position; Ecofest Kaipatiki call for assistantce. File size: 459 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for August 2016. Tribute to the late Henry Connor; Plant of the month: Clematis afoliata; Riparian plans made easy; Ecosourcing of plants; NZPCN annual plant conservation awards; NZPCN annual general meeting; Coastlands Plant Nursery; NZIFSB monthly report; Book wanted. File size: 887KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2016. When labels get mixed - lessons from a study of the Thomas Kirk 'herbarium'; Plant of the month, Connorochloa tenuis; NZIFSB monthly report; Back from the bink; Ecological importance of Muehlenbeckia australis. File size: 608KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2016. NZIFSB monthly report; Plant of the month, Lobelia physaloides; Brian Molloy doctoral scholarship applications called for; Submissions called for 2016 assessment of the conservation status of indigenous vascular plants; Erratum in Trilepidea 149; Newsletter copy called for. File size: 516 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2016. An update on kohuhu tanghua; Plant of the Month, Lepidium banksii; NZIFSB monthly report; News from Plantwise Blog; Trees for survival; Brian Molloy doctoral scholarship applications called for; Submissions called for 2016 assessment of the conservation status of indigenous vascular plants. File size: 753KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for April 2016. Dunedin climate could be key to the survival of endangered Nelson plant; Plant of the month, Carex litorosa; NZIFSB monthly report; Introduced Nephrolepis in New Zealand; Brian Molloy doctoral scholarship applications called for; Submissions called for 2016 assessment of the conservation status of indigenous vascular plants; Global Partnership for Plant Conservation progess report available. File size: 419KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for March 2016. Epilobium hirtigerum; Plant of the Month, Traversia baccharoides; Good news for indigenous plant recovery in the Mackenzie Basin; Good botanical news from the Wairarapa; Botanical gems of Little Hellfire Beach, Stewart Island/Rakiura; NZIFSB monthly report; Opportunity to visit D'Urville Island. File size: 670KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for February 2016. NZIFSB monthly reort; Plant of the Month, Brachyglottis turneri; Have you seen this lichen?; Field trip to Ashley Gorge and Lees Valley; Research on Metrosideros excelsa; 2016 French film festival. File size: 461KB.